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PHILIP A. SHANKLIN, OF SANDOVAL, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO I STEPHEN A. INGERSOLL, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION.-forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 658,023, dated geptmber 18, 1900.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP A. SHANKLIN, of the city of Sandoval, Marion county, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Bicycle-Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to bicycle-supports;

1e and it consists of the novel construction, combin-ation, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bicycle-support,showing the same secu red to [5 a bicycle. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in perspective. Fig, 3 is a view showing the arrangement of a part of the mechanism made useof in carrying out my invention. Fig; 4 is a side elevation of the supporting-tube. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewof the same. Fig.

6 is a view in perspective of the operating-1ever. Fig. 7 is a view showing thearrangement of the supports or legs, apart being in section. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are views showing the arrangement of the different mechanism made use of in my improved bicycle-support.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates atubular body split on one side at its upper extremity and provided with a pair of cars 2, into which a screw may be threaded to hold the parts rigidly together. The said upper extremity is intended to encircle the projection 3, consisting of two semitubular parts, one of which is rigidly 5 secured to each member of p the separable sleeve 4. The said sleeve 4:, as is shown in the drawings, Figs. 2 and 4, consists of two semitubular members pivoted together by the hinge 5, so that they form a perfect tube, as

0 do the members of the projection 3 when in a closed position. The said sleeve 4 is provided with ears 6 on its under side, through which screws are to be threaded for the purpose of securing the sleeve to the bicycle.

The projection 3 is filled with wood 7 or other suitable material for the purpose of giving greater solidity to the same. A bolt 8 is rotatably carried in the lower extremity of the tubular body 1, and rigidly secured upon each projecting end thereof is an arm 9. Carried Application filed January 15 1900. Serial No. 1,500. (No model.)

upon the bolt 8 within the tube 1 is asleeve 10, the same being provided with a set-screw and having an integral ear or projection 11, to which is pivotally secured an operating-lever 12. As may be seen in thedrawings, the projection 11 is at right angles with the plane of the arms 9, so that when the said arms are parallel with thetubuiar body 1 the ear 11 00- cupies a transverse position therein.

Removably secured to the lower end of the tubular body 1 is a horizontally-arranged cylinder 13, on one side of which is an excision of various widths or lengths, that part 14 on the under side of the cylinder being the longest and that part 15 on the side of the cylinder the shortest, there being a notch 16 on each side of the excision at its upper end, Fig. 9. The said cylinder 13 is provided with a removable end 17, the other end also being removable, the construction of which is yet to be described.

Rotatably carried within the cylinder 13 is a second cylinder 18, the same being provided with an elongated slot or groove 19 on one side thereof and being filled with a filling 20, 5

of wood or other suitable material, also provided with an elongated and deepened slot or excision 21. Integral with one side of the cylinder 18 is a pair of cars 22, pivotally secured between which is the lower end of the lever 12. Pivotally secured to the cylinder 18 are the ends of a pair of legs or supports 23, which project into the slots 19 and 21 and which are provided with the meshing gears 24. The said legs project through the slot in the cylinder 13 andare allowed to spread when in the widerpart 14 of'the slot and are pressed together when in the narrower part. I provide a spring 25, the ends of which are pivotally secured to the legs 23 and which 0 normally presses the said legs apart, so that when they are in the wider part of the slot 14 they are pressed apart. as far as the said slot allows. When the legs are in the notches 16 at the upper end of the slot, they will be 5 held there by means of the same spring 25, which keeps them pressed into the said notches.

Rigidly secured to the end of the cylinder 18 opposite from the end 17 is a trunnion 26,

rotatably carried upon which is a cap 27, hav-' ing a lever 28 rigidly secured thereto and an outwardly-extending pin 29 integral therewith. Secured upon the trunnion 26 outside the cap 27 is a collar 30, provided with a recess 31, into which the pin 29 projects. The said collar is prevented from turning on the trunnion by the set-screw 32. The cap 27 is provided with an integral sloping ear 33, the purpose of which is to press the leg 23 on that side inwardly when it is desired to remove the same from the vertical position which it assumes when in the wider part of the slot 14. By pressing in that one leg the other is likewise drawn inwardly by the meshing gears 24.. When this operation is performed, which is done by engaging the lever 28 and turning the same, the pin 29 has come against one end of the recess 31 and turns the collar 30, thereby raising the legs 23 from their vertical position to a horizontal position, which they assume in the notches 16, where they are held by the spring 25. The means for removing them from the said notches comprises the ear 3%, normally held in a suitable adjustment on the pin 35 and is pressed inwardly by the projection 36, secured in any desired manner to the cap 27. \Vhen thus pressed inwardly it bears against the leg 23 and presses the same inwardly out of the notch 16, when they may be placed in a vertical position again by continuing to turn the cap 27 by means of the lever 28. When the legs 23 are raised into a horizontal position, the lever 28 rests in a suitable seat 37 on the arm 9. The arrangement of the parts connecting the legs 23 and the arms 9 is such that when the legs are thrown into a vertical position the arms assume a horizontal position, and vice versa.

When in use, myimproved bicycle-support is attached to a bicycle, as shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to support the bicycle, the legs are thrown from the horizontal position into which they are placed when not in use into a vertical position, as shown by dotted lines. When this is done, the arms 9 are antomatically thrown forward and around the tire of the front wheel. This prevents the wheel from turning sidewise, and as the lower ends of the legs rest upon the ground the bicycle is rigidly held in an upright position. When not in use, the legs are thrown into a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, the arms 9 are removed from the wheel, and the bicycle is free from any obstruction whatsoever on account of the support.

I claim--- b 1. A bicycle-support, com prising a t ubular body, a tubular sleeve of two parts pivoted together, a cylinder carried by said tubular body, a second cylinder operating within the first-mentionedcylinder, a pair of spring-actuated legs carried by the said second cylinder, and a lever on one end of the first-mentioned cylinder for operating the said legs, substantially as specified.

2. In a bicycle-support, a tubular body, a bolt rotatably carried by said body, arms rigidly carried by said bolt, a cylinder carried by said tubular body, a second cylinder rotatably carried in the first-mentioned cylinder, a lever connecting the said bolt with the said second cylinder, and a lever connected to one end of the said second cylinder for operating the same, substantially as specified.

3. In a bicycle-support, a tubular body, a cylinder carried by said body, and having an excision of various lengths on one side thereof, a second cylinder carried in the first-incutioned cylinder, spring-actuated legs pivotally secured to the said second cylinder, and a lever connected to the said second cylinder for operating the same and thereby the legs, substantially as specified.

l. In a device of the class described, a suitable support, a cylinder carried within the said support, a levered cap, pivotally secured to said cylinder, supportingdegs carried by said cylinder, lugs carried by said cap, one of which is on each side of one of the supportinglegs, which lugs are adapted to come in contact with and operate the said legs into a vertical or a horizontal position, su bstantially as specified.

5. In a device of the class described, a cylinder, a second cylinder within the first-mentioned cylinder, legs having meshing gears in their inner ends pivotally carried by the said second-mentioned cylinder, there being notches in the first-mentioned cylinder for receiving the said legs, a level-ed cap carried by the said second-mentioned cylinder, and a plurality of lugs carried by said cap for engaging against and removing the said legs from the said notches, substantially as speci- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP A. SHANKLIN.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIcKs, J. D. RIPPEY. 

